Natasha Carthew est une écrivaine profondément connectée aux paysages sauvages de Cornouailles, où elle crée ses histoires en plein air. Sa prose explore la résilience de l'esprit humain, examinant les thèmes de la survie et des liens profonds avec le monde naturel. Carthew emploie un style lyrique, dépeignant vivement la beauté brute et la puissance de l'environnement. Son approche unique de l'« écriture sauvage » plonge les lecteurs dans les forces élémentaires qui façonnent ses récits captivants.
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023, Undercurrent is a vivid, lyrical and powerful exploration of rural poverty, and the often devastating impact of living without the means or support to build a future
The two girls sat at opposite ends of the boat and Kel dug and stretched the oars into the ocean like her life depended upon it because it did. 'Just so you know,' said Rose, 'everything, I mean everything, is your fault.' 15-year-old Kel Crow lives in a water-logged world, with a family with whom she shares nothing but blood and a heart defect that she knows could kill her any day. She has a plan to escape, and it's a good one: stowaway on the ship, kidnap the girl, swap the girl to buy passage to America and a life-saving operation. But plans never go how they're meant to … Breath-takingly fierce, smart and tender, Only the Ocean is a story of innocence (and its loss), survival, and courage in the midst of darkness.